An Israeli air strike has killed at least 33 people including 21 women at a refugee camp in northern Gaza, the strip's Hamas-run authorities say.
There was no immediate comment on the reported attack at Jabalia from Israel, whose forces have been besieging the densely-populated camp for weeks, reports the BBC.
The killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar this week raised hopes in some quarters of an end to the war but the group's deputy leader said Hamas would only be strengthened.
US President Joe Biden has said there is a chance of "working towards a ceasefire” in Lebanon, where Israel is fighting Hezbollah militants, but it will be "harder in Gaza”.
He was speaking as he left the German capital Berlin, where he had met German, French and British leaders.
According to a statement from Gaza's Hamas-run government media office, Friday's air strike also injured more than 85 people, some seriously, as homes belonging to three families in the camp were hit.
The final death toll could reach 50, it added, as people were buried under the rubble of buildings.
The report could not be verified independently. Local sources indicate that northern Gaza is effectively isolated, with telecommunications and internet services severed in the region.
A video circulating on social media - which the BBC has not verifed - appears to show bodies wrapped in white shrouds laid out in the courtyard of al-Awda Hospital.
The director of the hospital spoke to reporters about an overwhelming influx of casualties.
“Ambulance crews are still attempting to retrieve the martyrs and the wounded from Jabalia," the director said.
"Our hospital wards are completely full and many injured individuals are receiving treatment on the floor.”
